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Software is becoming such an essential part of modern life that a radical improvement in quality is needed. For example, the doomsayers tell us that we'll wake up the morning after our Y2000 celebrations with overflowing coffee makers, phone bills for century-long calls, unable to get money from ATMs, no TV or radio service, financial market meltdowns, grounded planes and stalled trains, and dozens of other problems. It's enough to make you want to stay in bed.
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The Differentiating Factors
Though I'm still suffering from the long-term Y2000 blues, two news items on my computer screen brought a smile to my face this morning. The first article indicated that Microsoft has released an upgrade of its version of Java to comply with a federal court's ruling against the company last month. And the second article reported that Sun is about to unveil the details of the next-generation version of the language, known as Java 2.
The Java News Gets Better and Better 9 December 1998 by Ed Yourdon
Though I'm still suffering from the long-term Y2000 blues, two news items on my computer screen brought a smile to my face this morning.
By now, everyone in the computer field (if not the entire human race) has heard about the acquisition of Netscape by America On Line (AOL), together with the licensing arrangement with Sun Microsystems. We've seen "vision statements" from AOL describing its view of the future, and we've seen dozens of commentaries about the effect that the merger will have on Microsoft, on e-commerce, and on the future of the Internet.
The AOL-Netscape Merger 2 December 1998 by Ed Yourdon
By now, everyone in the computer field (if not the entire human race) has heard about the acquisition of Netscape by America On Line (AOL), together with the licensing arrangement with Sun Microsystems.